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#69319 - 10/02/04 07:27 AM
Re: New Job & New Guy!
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Thanks ladies! I met the minister at his job as a car dealer. My daughter and I were window shopping for her a car. We just started talking and he was impressed with the conversation the three of us were having and asked me out on a date. He's not with a church right now but I believe my own pastor really likes him so you just never know when dealing with God where this will lead him or us. Things moved so fast there in just that one date. Two days later, there he sat in the pulpit with the other highly respected God men. I think he just completed seminary school?? Not clear on that as of yet. He probably told me but I was simply amazed when he told me that he was a minister during our date, LOL. I was acting ok but not the way I wouldve had I known he was a minister (I used a bit of profanity). My daughter just rolled her eyes and said, but only in my earshot, "She's not going to like you...you're wasting your time..." I laughed and decided to give him a try, for her sake. She wants me to be with someone so badly. She thinks I'm too picky. I think she wants me to be in a relationship so that I wont be alone when she leaves for college next year. I think another reason is that all of her friends' mothers are married or dating someone. Anyhow, about the job, I will be in class with them. I only have one to begin with. I met him and he is just awesome. I can't believe he can figure out statistical problems in his head like that. This one only has 2 more classes before he's done with his MBA! Wow! After that, he plans to start on his dissertation immediately. I'm impressed and very happy to be a part of this. Hopefully I will be able to learn brail and take this a bit further; maybe teacher computer classes or program or something for the blind. I had no idea that I was so interested in this. I guess I can thank JJ and Chatty and Smile for nagging me about doing something for someone else to get my mind off of my issues. Those wise ladies are right. Ok, enough rambling here...I guess you know by now that I can chat on and on and on... [ October 01, 2004, 12:33 PM: Message edited by: Sugaree ]
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#69320 - 10/01/04 09:25 PM
Re: New Job & New Guy!
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Hi Sugaree, I'm fairly new and have been trying to keep up with all the posts, reading old ones etc.
Sug (if I may call you that) You have an amazing, fullfilling life! I am impressed!
A new and unique job, attending University,learning brail soon, a daughter almost ready for College,a new guy who is not only a car dealer, with an upcoming MBA but also a man of God!!!
And better yet, your daughter approves!!
All this and Wise friends to guide you, pray for you and listen to you!
You my dear are truly Blessed!
Count me in as one of your friends! I can learn alot from YOU!
Yours in Boomer friendship, Chickadee
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#69327 - 10/05/04 07:01 AM
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quote: Originally posted by Sugaree: [/QB]
quote: Originally posted by Sugaree: [QB] I think she wants me to be in a relationship so that I wont be alone when she leaves for college next year.
chickadees quote quote: And better yet, your daughter approves!!
Sugaree,
Your daughter approves of you "seeing people on a dating basis" was the jist of my previous post.It may not be her business ,never the less,it poses problems if a son/daughter is upset about Mom seeing anyone at anytime. I felt that your daughter thinking she doesn't want you to be alone shows that she cares about you in an unselfish way. If I came across differently, I didn't mean to.
I also congratulated you on your post about a potential new friend in your life. A "new man" with the qualities your mentioned.I am excited for you and like other poster friends,I feel that taking things at a slow, comfortable steady pace is the sensible way to go also...
Keep us posted...
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#69328 - 10/05/04 08:57 PM
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Oh, no Chicadee, I didn't take your comments as negative at all. Everyone has an opinion. We wouldn't post our emotions if we didn't seek the opinion of others. Some agreeable, some not. Most of the time here, when you put a subject out there, you'd better be prepared to accept those varying opinions. I'v been angry before, even asked myself why I cared what a stranger thought. Well, it is not that 'simple' here. These are real, and for the most part, intelligent folk behind these opinions. So, speak on Chickadee! I'm glad you could hear the excitement in my post. Of course with that excitement, I needed to listen to the flip sides in which Smile and JJ presented. I call them 'balance.' I do tend to get overly excited about situations that most of the wise women have experienced already to some degree. Sometimes I hate I asked, but for the most, I'm glad, no matter the outcome. Have a wonderfully bright and blessed day! Sugaree
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#69331 - 10/06/04 02:58 AM
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Ha ha, cheese older... When I was ten, fifty looked old. Now at fifty, I thought ninety was old but as I was researching Newfoundland Authors last night, look what I came across! (newspaper article 1997) Captain John Russell...age 91 Russell's book, Memories of a Lifetime, is an interesting account of a life during which he, like many Newfoundlanders of his generation, turned his hand to a variety of things to make an honest living... "I guess I could have started writing the book earlier," laughs Russell. "But if I had started when I was 50, I wouldn't have had as much to write about." The Captain wrote his 179-page book the old-fashioned way--with a ball point pen and paper. I love it! old?...Nooo...Wise...Yes...experienced....for sure! JJ at 90 you will be the queen of "experienced experiences"... Enjoy! (I added this) Autobiography of John Russell "Having this in mind for a long time, whether or not I should write my autobiography, I have now decided I should. Therefore, to the best of my ability and knowledge and with God's help, I will try to give my family in particular some idea of how I managed to get to the place where I could stand alone." - John Russell [ October 05, 2004, 08:36 PM: Message edited by: chickadee ]
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#69332 - 10/06/04 04:36 AM
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This sounds like a book I would want to read, no joke. How interesting! I think old is whatever is 15 years older than me. JJ
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#69333 - 10/06/04 08:47 AM
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http://www.tidespoint.com/books/1bio.shtmlQuite a few writers for the Island...Bonnie Jarvis Lowe is listed also. Sug...point well taken, now...we need an update We had some crazy sayings growing up. Everything was referred to as "Old as Buckley's Goat" ever heard that one?
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#69337 - 10/07/04 02:52 PM
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Noodling? (I'm from Canada,Aye) Never heard of it...so I researched. I can run underground from a Tornado, but I don't think I'll go underwater for "any reason"! I think I know why they call it "Noodling". You've lost your noodle, so why not go hand fishing and lose that to! I learn something new every day.
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#69340 - 10/09/04 02:35 AM
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Hope!? Did someone mention hope?! I need some of that, lol. Well, the job is going fine. The blind guy, Dean, is just amazing. He's getting his master's degree in accounting. Imagine that. The bright side to it is that if he messes something up, he can say, "Ooops! I didn't see that." I know already, bad joke He's taking advanced statistics right now. I just can't imagine him doing something like this in his mind...solving such complex equations and concepts. Jeeez. That sure is an inspiration. He's dictating what he wants on his Power Point presentation to me. Just developing it is hard for me. The graphs and histograms and such. Wow! Have a great weekend all! My head is going to be buried in books this weekend, plus my son is coming up from Louisiana to visit his mommy and sister. Isn't that sweet? He and some friends he met from Chicago are home-sick. Guess that means that I'll have several young men here. Ooooh nooooo!
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#69342 - 10/09/04 10:17 AM
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Well, Chickadee, I really don't know what to say about the minister. I'm not sure if he's just not interested or if he's just being 'respectful' while he deals with some issues he mentioned. However, it's been a few days since I last spoke with him. To some of the BoomerWomen's credit, I've just relaxed and not really asked him or pursued the issue. I do have to admit that my 'worldly' mind has been inclined to call him vs. letting him do the work it takes to find his own queen...but I haven't. I would like to think that this 'ignorance' has made me sad, but, Dotsie mentioned something about a 'gut' feeling in her post to this subject once. Since I was also feeling 'something' about him, I was scared to inquire and I did the typical human deed, ignored it. So, all of the soap opera viewers will have to wait like I will. There is 'something' about him that I really can't place my finger on. Maybe it's not for me to do as of yet, if ever. Maybe God is sparing me and that is why I haven't heard from him. Maybe there are too many maybes for me to 'worry' about. I did enjoy our conversations. He did introduce some new Godly concepts to me. He was always pleasant and never tried what my 'worldly' dates have, which is to attempt to manipulate me in one way or another. They say that God works in mysterious ways. Maybe God just wanted him to bring me the discomfort of writing what I write. I have not found comfort in it since Dian's issue. I have not found comfort in it since not being able to show him some of my work. Who can really say why certain people come in and out of our lives? Now, to mess all of that up, I feel inclined to say this in all honesty. An 'affliction' of mine called lust crept into my life. Chatty, the one that you scorned and warned me about. JJ, the one you darned near called me a stupid dumb fool for...Smile too...He called. I answered, against my better judgement. Instead of telling him that I no longer have an interest in him, I indulged in conversation that I realized would lead me back to my affliction with him. That was mistake numeral uno. Someone or something within me spoke up and allowed his destorted view to become my own. I feel sick and sad that I didn't tell him never to call me again. But, truthfully speaking, it was killing me that he had not called me in what I consider, I timely manner. Does it always have to be like that? To want was is not good, so bad? It's pretty late in the evening and all I can do is think about what will happen 'if' I answer his call again. I'm wondering if my righteous mind will intervene and say "No, you may not come to me and make me feel those wicked ways that left me mesmerized. No! You may not conquer myself in that lust-filled way again! No. Just NO!" This is bad and I do need prayer because all I want to say is "YES. Defile me. Please do what you are good for and I will deal with my 'soulful' emotional issues, as a result, later." I need a momma! A God sitting right next to me and a guard to keep my gate closed to this man! A chasity Goddess! Yeah, that's the one! I really dislike this part of being single. To have to fight this raging natural feeling is such a chore. I know the women that are married will probably turn their noses up and think that this couldnt possibly be a 'real' issue. However, it is. Please don't forget it either. Sugaree [ October 09, 2004, 03:52 AM: Message edited by: Sugaree ]
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